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What Happened in 2014? — Examining the Midterms with David Brady and Morris Fiorina
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by David Brady, Morris P. Fiorinavia Fellow Talks
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Are High Housing Costs Restraining California's Growth?
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How Washington Whittles Away Property Rights
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Hot Market, Exorbitant Prices, And A Debate Over Policy Remedies

by Bill Whalenvia Eureka
Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Not that housing in California defies logic but consider this tale of a home that went on the market in San Francisco back in February 2015. Located in the city’s Outer Sunset District, the four-bedroom home was listed at $799,000 – a bargain by local standards (in April, the median asking price for a San Francisco property was a shade under $1.01 million).  Why the discount?

Podcast: The Eureka Podcast: “California’s Affordable Housing Crisis”
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A Tale of Four California Droughts

by Victor Davis Hansonvia Fellow Talks
Monday, April 20, 2015

Victor Davis Hanson, the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow at Hoover, presents a brief history and geography of California before launching into his talk about California droughts. Hanson notes that people in California  live where there is no precipitation and that droughts are not unusual. 

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Former GOP Chairman Tom Del Beccaro Of Lafayette Enters 2016 Senate Race

quoting Bill Whalenvia San Jose Mercury News
Monday, April 27, 2015

Former California Republican Party chairman Tom Del Beccaro announced his candidacy Sunday for California's open U.S. Senate seat. Del Beccaro, 53, of Lafayette, is the second prominent Republican to enter the 2016 race to succeed U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer. The first was Assemblyman Rocky Chávez, R-Oceanside, in early March.

 

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'Man-Made Disaster': Critics Say California Drought Caused By Misguided Environment Policies

quoting Victor Davis Hansonvia FOX News
Thursday, April 16, 2015

The blistering drought that has Californians timing their showers, driving dirty cars and staring at brown lawns and empty swimming pools is a “man-made disaster,” according to critics, who say the Golden State’s misguided environmental policies allow much-needed freshwater to flow straight into the Pacific.

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New Jersey governor Chris Christie

Chris Christie’s Expansion Of Medicaid In New Jersey Angers Some Republicans

quoting Lanhee J. Chen
Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Decision two years ago undercuts governor’s case that he can rein in entitlement programs

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Analysis and Commentary

Many Years Ago, California Governor Jerry Brown Said......

by Alvin Rabushkavia Thoughtful Ideas
Monday, April 13, 2015
Global warming poses a risk to the planet.
 
Global warming causes climate change, which causes extremes in heat and cold, and drought.
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California, There She Goes

by Bill Whalenvia Hoover Digest
Monday, April 20, 2015

When Senator Boxer leaves office—the first of California’s “big three” to retire—expect havoc and mayhem.

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Brown Should Go All-In

by Michael J. Boskinvia Hoover Digest
Monday, April 20, 2015

He’s popular and California is (temporarily) solvent. This is the moment for Jerry Brown to put California into the black.

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In the News

Democrat Lois Capps Will Retire From Congress After 2016

quoting Bill Whalenvia Miami Herald
Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Veteran Rep. Lois Capps, D-Calif., on Wednesday announced her retirement from Congress at the end of 2016, signaling the end of an unexpected political career and opening up a potentially competitive race along California’s Central Coast.

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California Vaccine Exemption Bill Faces Crucial First Test On Wednesday

quoting Bill Whalenvia San Jose Mercury News
Sunday, April 5, 2015

Democratic-led efforts to ban vaccine exemptions in Oregon and Washington state toppled one after the other last month amid fervent opposition from parents and anti-vaccine groups who say the bills would have trampled their fundamental rights to decide how to care for their own children.

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